NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND 
     
     7 - P. o. pox 2345. CHARLO'I'I'ETOWN 
     
    
   
   
    
     MEETINGS are held on the first Tuesday of the month at 8:00 p.m. in 
     
     Room 47 on the third floor of the Provincial Health Building. (Enter 
     
     through the parking garage and ask the Commissionaire for directions.) 
     
    
   
   
    
     MEMBERSHIP is open to anyone interested in the natural history of 
     
     Prince Edward Island. Membership is available at any meeting or by 
     
     contacting Margaret Mallett, 53 Fitzroy St., Charlottetown, P.E.I. 
     
     CIA 1R4 (telephone 894-9595). Annual rates are as follows: regular - 
     
     $4; student - $2; family - $5. 
     
    
   
   
    
     1985 EXECUTIVE: President.........................Jane Symmes 
     
     Vice-President.....................Pat Wooton 
     
     Secretary-Treasurer..........Margaret Mallett 
     
    

    
     assisted by...................Joyce MacLeod 
     
     Directors...Rosemary Curley and Evelyn Meader 
     
    
   
   
    
     NEWSLETTERS are published bi-monthly. Articles, notes, reports, draw- 
     
     ings, etc. are welcomed from members. If you have seen anything un- 
     
     usual, please share it with us. It is important to have your observa- 
     
     tions recorded so that others may learn from them. All contributions 
     
     should be sent to: Gary Schneider, - 
     
    

    
     P.O. Box 879, 
     
    

    
     'Montague, P.E.I. CIA 1R0 
     
    

    
     Telephone: 838-3640 (home) or 838-2515 (work) 
     
    
   
   
    
     The Natural History Society gratefully acknowledges financial assist- 
     
     ance from the Department of Transportation and Public Works which 
     
     enables the newsletters to be distributed to schools and libraries as 
     
     well as to members. 
     
    
   
   
    
     The Natural History Society of P.E.I. is a member organization of the 
     
     Canadian Nature Federation. The Society is a registered non-profit 
     
     charitable organization. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Editors of other newsletters are welcome to reprint articles appearing 
     
     in this issue but acknowledgement would be appreciated. 
     
    
   
   
    
     TIME FOR YOU TO RENEW? 
     
    
   
   
    
     PLEASE: PLEASE: PLEASE: Now, while the year is young, is the ti 
     
     showers of MEMBERSHIP DUES. This way, you avoid nagging reminders and 
     
     the risk of being dropped from the mailing list. A membership to the 
     
     Natural History Society also makes a wonderful gift for budding nat— 
     
     uralists of all ages. Help others to become involved. 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
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